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Cloud Therapy: EP 015 – Ethan Banks from Packet Pushers

Co-Host of the hit IT podcast, Packet Pushers, Ethan Banks, joins Mike to tell some fantastic stories about his journey in IT. From his haunting memory of the “Broadcast Storm” that took his credit card processing data center down, to

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Cloud Therapy: Ep 002 – Questions for Service Providers for MPLS, SDWAN, P2P & VPN

Your company is shopping for a WAN service, such as MPLS, SDWAN, EPL (a.k.a. Point to Point), or IPsec VPN. And you want to pick the right technology and best provider…quickly. Well your ability to do the above is going

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Cloud Therapy: Episode 001 – What is SD-WAN? [Podcast]

What is SD-WAN and what are the benefits? How does it compare to MPLS and other business WAN services? We bring an extremely experienced, long-time provider engineer, David Kline from TPx (formerly TelePacific) Communications, to answer all of these questions for

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About Cloud Therapy: A New Podcast

Introducing Cloud Therapy… A NEW podcast for all IT professionals seeking to catapult their careers to the next level. Listen to a quick overview of who your host, Mike Smith is and how this podcast will act as a guide

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5 Steps to Writing a Great Review

Do you have a review that you’d like to post on our website but you are somewhat stuck when it comes to translating your thoughts into a something that others will enjoy reading? It’s not always easy to take your

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12 More Data Center Colocation Differentiators – Part 2

This is part 2 of a series, so if you haven’t read part 1, make sure you check it out. Part 1 contains the first 9 data center colocation features that I’ve observed are important to IT Professionals but vary

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DDoS [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic lists some important facts about DDoS and DDoS Prevention and Mitigation Services. Click below to have an AeroCom representative help you find the best 3 DDoS Mitigation/Prevention service providers. MY TOP 3

Mike Smith’s Brain Episode 25: DDoS Tips

Shopping DDoS Mitigation service for your company? Make sure to ask these questions to both yourself… and the providers. Want an AeroCom expert to show you all available DDoS Mitigation providers and their pricing for your needs? Click the button

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Are Ethics Situational?

“Hello?” “Hi, this is John from Acme Software.” I just wanted you to know that my boss forwarded me your voicemail and I do not appreciate you going over my head. I’ve told you that we have not yet made

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Words a System Administrator Never Wants to Hear

Underappreciated, yet held to superhuman expectations. Rarely thanked, but always called upon in moments of panic and hysteria. The hero who takes every cry for help, even if it’s from a jerk who just irrationally ripped him a new one

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